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ELIN@Lund, a home grown, bespoke institutional Federated Search tool

JIBS Conference at

The John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester,

Wednesday 22nd November, 2006

Lars BjörnshaugeDirector of Libraries

Lund University

Credits to Lotte Jörgensen, Head of E-resources,Library Head Office

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Agenda

• ELIN@ why?• ELIN@ what is it?

– Advantages for end users and library staff• ELIN@

– User interface– Short live demo– Administrative tool

• ELIN@ - partners • Further reading and contact information

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Electronic Library Information Navigator – ELIN@

ELIN@ - an interface to hybrid library resources developed by a library

for libraries

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AIPSpringer Elsevier

Wiley EbscoIOP

The Publisher trap?

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ELIN@ why? - Problems and Challenges

• Navigation - There are thousands of e-journals and hundreds of databases

• Library branding • Point to alternatives – open archives and open access

journals• Integrating Open Access resources in Library Services• Enhancing availability and visibility of scientific literature• Make life easier for end users• Make life easier for librarians (end user training etc)

– Collection management in a “package” world• Enhance usage of electronic material

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Finding information

• Library branding is very important– users often believe that full-text e-

journals are free on the Internet!– ”If it is not on the web, it does not

exist”• We want to brand our services and

promote Open Access resources

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Organising end user access to information resources

• The goals:– Integration of all services– Development of personalized services– Branding of library services

• Principles:– Single sign on – automatic authentification –

one login/password to all resources– Remote access

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ELIN: Electronic Library Information NavigatorWhat is it?

ELIN@

• all electronic resources accessible through a single user interface

• one single system to support and train users

• a range of simple to use administrative tools, all accessible via Web pages that allow for full administration of the ELIN@ system

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ELIN: Electronic Library Information NavigatorWhat is it?

In ELIN@ end users can - get an overview of all online resources recommended

by the library- cross search among different types of documents from

different providers using one single user-friendly interface

- have direct access to the full text- browse table-of-contents- order documents not available in full text- download bibliographic data in other formats, e.g. for

EndNote or Reference Manager. - use the alert system for automatically notifications

about new documents matching saved queries- use the alert system for automatically notifications

about new issues of “favorite” journals

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Personalization

• ”My Collection”– Recommended resources – selected by

subject librarians– Add your personal favourites

• SDI-alerts from databases, journals etc.• TOC-alerts• Users register at one site for all alerts

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ELIN@ - systems architecture

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ELIN@ presentation

User interface:• http://www.lub.lu.se

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ELIN@ - admin tool

Administrative tool• Manage librarians• Edit subjects• Edit journals• Edit databases, resources add books• Distri bute messages from librarians • Overview User suggestions• Monitor Statistics• Change Layout

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ELIN@: Administrative tool Manage librarians

Type:Administrator: Can access and edit all layout and content.Editor: Can edit content and subjects.Subject librarian: Can edit subjects and add librarian messages.

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ELIN@: Administrative tool Edit subjects

All content is classified using the LCC classification system. The presentation can be adusted local needs in the ”Local subject presentation”

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ELIN@: Administrative tool Add a journal

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ELIN@: Administrative tool Edit journals

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ELIN@: Administrative tool User suggestions

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ELIN@: Administrative tool Statistics

All reports can be downloaded to Excel

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ELIN@: Administrative tool Statistics

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ELIN@: Administrative tool Layout

The ”Layout”can be controled through the admin tool and all it requires is basic knowledge of HTML

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ELIN@: Administrative tool Layout

And some consentration.

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Is ELIN@ federated searching??

• Not really!!• Usually Federated Search services targets

external sources live– Problems with connectors etc.

• ELIN@ collects all metadata, consolidates metadata, indexes and creates the foundation for personalized functionalities

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ELIN@ - Electronic Library Information Navigator

• Advantages for end users:– One interface for all content – Cross search documents from multiple sources

– open access or licensed – Document delivery services for documents not

available in Full Text – ToC alerts and SDI´s– Integration with reference management tools

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ELIN@ - Electronic Library Information Navigator

Advantages for librarians: Enhancing availability and visibility of scientific literature

Increasing e-journal cost efficiency – Usage is boosting

Administrative functions/Management tools:

• Customization, Statistics, Collection Management,

Budgetting, Marketing

• Subscription administration functionalities

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ELIN@ - Electronic Library Information Navigator

• Launched August 2001!• Contents (Oct 2006)

– +15.600 journals, whereof– +14.400 journals with metadata (cross

searchable on article level)– +34,000,000 article level records– Databases – E-print archives

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Partners using ELIN@

• 10 universities in Sweden• 8 hospitals in Sweden• 1 university in Belgium• 2 institutions in Denmark• 2 universities in Vietnam• 1 university in Uganda• 1 university in Rwanda• 10 universities in Pakistan

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ELIN@ - Something for you??

• Hosted solution – no hardware investments– Subscription – one time set-up fee –

yearly fee for updates etc.– Up-and running one (1) week after

decision– Weekly maintenance work for partners –

1 hour!– Comes with all metadata– Contact us for a test!

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Thank you for your attention!

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ELIN: Electronic Library Information Navigator

Further readingInformation on the ELIN@ systemhttp://www.lub.lu.se/headoffice/elininfo.shtml

Contact information:Lars Bjørnshauge: Lars.Bjornshauge@lub.lu.seLotte Jørgensen: Lotte.Jorgensen@lub.lu.se